abonder

\a.bɔ̃.de\

/\a.bɔ̃.de\/ verb

The verdict

“abonder” is uncommon French (frequency #57,050 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#57,050
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Avoir en quantité plus que suffisante, en grande quantité.

Corpus desk

Index FR-abonder · abonder · French

abonder · rank #57,050 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #57,050
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH abdi

Nearest frequency peer: abdi (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rangs de longue queue près de « abonder »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « abonder » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for abonder
PropertyValue
Headwordabonder
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\a.bɔ̃.de\
Letters7
Frequency rank#57,050
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « abonder » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).abondertombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « abdi » (#57,049), « Abrasion » (#57,051), « abattit » (#57,048). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « abonder » est au #57,050. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

abonder is uncommon French at frequency #57,050 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \a.bɔ̃.de\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for abonder, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is abonder, spelled A-B-O-N-D-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Avoir en quantité plus que suffisante, en grande quantité.
  2. 2
    Être en grande quantité.
  3. 3
    Apporter de l’argent à un fonds d’investissement ou à un emprunt, souscrire à un capital financier.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how abonder appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Abonder en richesses.
  2. Cette province abonde en blés, en vins, en soldats, en gens d’esprit.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "abonder"?
"abonder" is spelled A-B-O-N-D-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \a.bɔ̃.de\.
What does "abonder" mean?
As a verb, "abonder" means: Avoir en quantité plus que suffisante, en grande quantité.
How do you pronounce "abonder"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "abonder" is \a.bɔ̃.de\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "abonder" come from?
"abonder" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "abonder", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list